The operators of Letter.ly have found their domain name was taken down by the Libyan authorities after it expired and they were unable to renew it, reports TechCrunch. The move follows the Libyan government ordering the cancellation of VB.LY in October last year. VB.LY is a link shortening service run by run by Ben Metcalfe and Violet Blue that redirects to adult content, as it was declared that the content of the site was “against Sharia law”.

A screenshot from Datacraft’s website shows its data center framework (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Data center research organization Uptime Institute ( www.uptimeinstitute.org ) announced on Wednesday that it has certified five Datacraft ( www.datacraft-asia.com ) onecloud data centers in India with its Tier III certification. The organization says this level of certification indicates “true” 24×7 availability and ensures no downtime occurs. Uptime Institute says it is currently processing 11 Tier III and IV certifications in India

A video from Horizon DCS’ website shows CEO Lance Black (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – Colocation firm Horizon Data Center Solutions ( www.horizondcs.com ) announced on Wednesday that it has teamed up with TKC Integration Services ( www.tkcis.com ) to provide cloud computing solutions to government agencies through a NASA SEWP IV (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement) contract. TKCIS is a contractor in the Washington, D.C. area that provides a range of lifecycle technology solutions to the federal government.

Hans-Dieter Wysuwa, SVP corporate channels EMEA and managing director of Germany at Fujitsu delivers a keynote presentation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- The third keynote presentation of the day began on a rather sombre note.

Hans-Dieter Wysuwa, SVP corporate channels EMEA and managing director of Germany at Fujitsu delivers a keynote presentation (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) –- The third keynote presentation of the day began on a rather sombre note. Hans-Dieter Wysuwa, SVP corporate channels EMEA and managing director of Germany at Japan-based Fujitsu ( www.fujitsu.com ), conveyed his sincere condolences for the victims of the recent earthquake and resulting tsunami that devastated Japan, while encouraging people to donate to the country’s relief efforts

The recent autonomous territory of Sint Maarten is about to take advantage of its .SX ccTLD and open up to registrations.

ICANN’s approval of the .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain last Friday spells the beginning of the end for it and their system of apportioning domain names and numbers says the Australian Sex Party , a fledgling political party down under dealing with sexual, moral and censorship issues. Sex Party President Fiona Patten, said that ICANN had forced the new domain onto the world’s online adult industry after many years of loud and sustained protest.

The controversial .XXX sponsored Top Level Domain was approved by the ICANN board Friday at the board meeting that concluded their Silicon Valley-San Francisco meeting. The approval was hailed as a “landmark decision” by ICM Registry, the .XXX registry operator, saying it will provide a “progressive new home for adult entertainment online.” The ICANN board voted 9-3 in favour, while four board members abstained.

A map shows the new country of Sint Maarten (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) – OpenRegistry ( www.openregistry.com ) and SX Registry SA announced on Friday that they have established an exclusive agreement with the government of the new country Sint Maarten to manage and operate its .SX country code top level domain. According to a report by DomainIncite , this will be OpenRegistry’s first top level domain deal

Web Hosting News – CHICAGO – Trustwave, a leading provider of information security and compliance solutions, has released its Web Hacking Incident Database (WHID) semiannual report, which finds an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and determined that there was a lack of properly implemented anti-automation defenses to ensure application availability during such attacks. DDoS as an attack vector and notable trend for the second half of 2010 was successful in disrupting commerce and bringing down websites of large businesses and associations